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      HOUSE BILL 08-1050
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Marostica, Ferrandino, Garza-Hicks, Kerr J.,
      and McFadyen;
      also SENATOR(S) Tochtrop, and Gibbs.
      
      
      Concerning motorcycle driver's license endorsements.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  42-2-103, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to
      read:
      
           42-2-103.  Motorcycles - motorized bicycles - driver's license
      requirements.  (1) (a)  The department shall establish a motorcycle
      endorsement program for driver's licenses, minor driver's licenses,
      and instruction permits issued pursuant to this article.
      
           (b)  The department shall require an applicant for a general
      motorcycle endorsement to demonstrate the applicant's ability
      to exercise ordinary and reasonable care and control in the
      operation of a motorcycle.  The department shall also require an
      applicant for a limited three-wheel motorcycle endorsement to
      demonstrate the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and
      reasonable care and control in the operation of a three-wheel
      motorcycle.
      
           (c)  A person shall not operate a two-wheel motorcycle on
      a roadway without a general motorcycle endorsement, but a
      person who possesses a general motorcycle endorsement may
      operate any motorcycle on the roadway.
      
           (d)  A person with only a limited three-wheel motorcycle
      endorsement may operate a three-wheel motorcycle but shall not
      operate a two-wheel motorcycle on a roadway.
      
           (2) (a)  An operator of a motorized bicycle shall possess a valid
      driver's license or minor driver's license.
      
           (b)  No motorized bicycle shall be operated on any interstate system
      as described in section 43-2-101 (2), C.R.S., except where a bicycle may be
      operated on such interstate system, on any limited-access road of the state
      highway system as described in section 43-2-101 (1), C.R.S., or on any
      sidewalk, unless such operation is specifically designated.  Motorized
      bicycles may be operated upon roadways, except as provided in this section,
      and in bicycle lanes included within such roadways.
      
           (3)  A person who operates a motorcycle in violation of
      subsection (1) of this section commits the offense of driving a
      motor vehicle without the correct class of license in violation of
      section 42-2-101 (4) and shall be punished as provided in section
      42-2-101 (10).
      
           SECTION 2.  Effective date - applicability.  This act shall take
      effect July 1, 2008, and shall apply to offenses committed and applications
      submitted on or after said date.
      
           SECTION 3.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
      ________________________________________________________
      Andrew Romanoff                        Peter C. Groff
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Marilyn Eddins                          Karen Goldman
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    Bill Ritter, Jr.
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO